APAD: If you play with fire, you'll get burned.

The Chinese version has been hurled at the US in the recent bickering between

the two states. "玩火者必自焚" is much more serious and "自焚" sounds fatal and

an outcome of which the English proverb is totally unsure.

所有跟帖： 

• 看到“自焚”，记得前些天有人在校园“自焚”，很多人救他的新闻 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/21/2023 postreply 14:20:50

• Always wondered if all options are exhausted in such cases. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2023 postreply 08:27:37

• "自焚" 就够严重了，还 “必”！ 当然这是pun, 中文的火是figurative;英文谚语可以是literal的火 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/21/2023 postreply 15:41:52

• The Chinese must have survived much worse than westerners:-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2023 postreply 08:24:21